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Virtual Circuit Details

To view an overview of the connection details, select Virtual Circuits in the menu on the left. Click the virtual circuit to open a side panel with basic information.

To view complete details, select Details overview.

vc more details action

TIP: You can also double-click the connection to open its details page.

Details

Status can have the following values:

Active
Deleted
Provisioning

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- Col2
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- Circuit ID
- A unique identifier for this virtual circuit that includes the virtual circuit type and the markets in which the interfaces are located.
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- Product
- The type of virtual circuit (backbone, IX, or marketplace).
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- Time Created
  Time Updated
- The date and time the connection was created and updated (if applicable).
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- Mode
- Whether the virtual circuit is an Ethernet Private Line (EPL) or an Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL).
  
  For EVPL and EPL specifications and features, see Technical Documents.

Billing

This section reflects your pricing plan, speed, rate, and term.

You can upgrade the VC to move to a dedicated plan, extend your contract term, or increase capacity.

Port A and Port Z

These sections provide information the ports used in the virtual circuit.

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- Col2
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- Port ID
- The circuit ID for the port.
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- Description
- The port name.
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- VLAN
- VLAN ID (tag) allocated on that port for this circuit. You can change the VLAN ID by editing the virtual circuit.
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- Rate Limit In
  Rate Limit Out
- The speed in and out. This reflects any rate limits you have set. You can adjust or remove rate limits by editing the virtual circuit.
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- Trend
- Graphical representation of network traffic over the last 24 hours.
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- Market
  POP
  Site
  Address
- Location information for the port. In some cases, the data center information might be different between the customer and PacketFabric (for example, different sites on a shared campus).

Ports

This section lists the ports included in the virtual circuit.

Click the View icon to go to the details page for that port.

NOTE: The Customer column lists who owns the port. This is useful when viewing marketplace or IX virtual circuits.

Statistics

The statistics page presents a graphical view of the virtual circuit network traffic.

By default, you are shown metrics over the past 12 hours. You can use the drop-down menus to select a different time frame, or select Enter Date Range to specify a date and time range.

You can view traffic in bits per second (bps) or packets per second (pps).

Longhaul usage

The Longhaul Usage page only applies to virtual circuits on a usage-based plan.

This page is similar to the Longhaul Usage pages under Billing, but the information is filtered specific to the circuit.

The historic usage graph displays your longhaul usage for the past 12 months:

From here you can do the following:

Hover over a month to view the GB used.
Click a month to view daily usage information.

The daily view displays daily usage for the current month. To see the daily usage for a previous month, click the month above under Historic Longhaul Usage.

History

The History page shows event logs specific to the virtual circuit.

Events that are logged include the following:

When the VC was created
Information about connection requests
Information about update actions on the VC
Errors

Click Toggle Details to view more information about the event.

Documents

You can view and download service orders and any related documents on the Documents page.

Updated on 06 Sep 2023

Virtual Circuit Overview and Technical Specifications Create a Backbone Virtual Circuit